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brycg-weard

(n.)

a keeper or defender of a bridge

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a keeper or defender of a bridge

on-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
on-weard, adj.

Proceeding against, taking action against

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Proceeding against, taking action against Warnige se abbod ðæt hé þurh andan ne sý onweard ðam profaste let the abbot take heed that he be not acting against the provost from hatred, R. Ben. 126, 11

hindan-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hindan-weard, adv.

At the further end, hindwards

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At the further end, hindwards Sindon ða fiðru hwít hindanweard the wings are white at the tips, Exon. 60a; Th. 218, 21; Ph. 298

hinde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
hinde-weard, hinde-werd; adj.

Hindward

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Hindward Mid hindewerdum ðam sceafte aversa hasta, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 1013: 295, 17: L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17: Exon. 106 a; Th. 403, 29; Rä. 22, 15

tógædere-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
tógædere-weard, adv.

In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting

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In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting Ða hwíle ðe hié tógædereweard fundedon while they were proceeding to meet one another; Ptolemaeus occurrere bello Perdiccae parat, Ors. 3, ll; Swt. 146, 5. Ðá hié tógædereweard fóron

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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used attributively, in an indefinite sense, future, that is to come Praesens tempus ys andwerd tíd . . . futurum tempus is tówerd tíd, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Zup. 123, 17. Big ðam ege ðæs tóweardan dómes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 15: Bt. 39

Linked entry: tó-ward

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility Se feórða heáfodleahter is weámét, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 21. Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer*-*winnan weámétte

efen-ceaster-wearan

(n.)
Grammar
efen-ceaster-wearan, gen. ena; pl. m.

Fellow-citizens concīves

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Fellow-citizens; concīves Efenceasterwearan ðæs heofonlícan ríces concīves regni cœlestis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 16

a-dún-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
a-dún-weard, adv.

Downwarddeorsum

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Downward; deorsum Scotedon adúnweard mid arewan they shot their arrows downward, Chr. 1083; Th. i. 352, 14

and-weard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
and-weard-líce, adv.

Presentiallyin the presence ofpresentpræsentialiter

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Presentially, in the presence of, present; præsentialiter Ðe hine andweardlíce gesáwon who saw him present, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 30: Elen. Grm. 1141

for-warþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-warþ, = for-wearþ; p. of forweorþan.

perished

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perished. Cd. 213; Jun. 92, 2

weorn

(n.)
Grammar
weorn, (wearn?)
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an admonition (?) Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung

dúne-ward

(adv.)
Grammar
dúne-ward, dúne-weard

downward

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downward, Som. Ben. Lye. v. a-dúnweard

forþ-werd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-werd, [ = -weard]

Forthwardthose who are presentpræsens

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Forthward, those who are present; præsens Ðis gemet [imperativus] sprecþ forþwerd this mood [imperative] speaketh to those present, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 23

ymb-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-weorpan, p. -wearp
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To throw round, surround þurh lyftgelác léges blǽstas weallas ymbwurpon, Andr. Kmbl. 3104; An. 1555

á-þroten

Grammar
á-þroten, Substitute wearied for loathed.

sal-warp

Grammar
sal-warp, v. sealt-wearp.
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Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire

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neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. On nyþewerdum ðam munte ad radices montis

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðá wearþ hyre rúme on móde, Judth. Thw. 22, 39; Jud. 97.

werc

(n.)
Grammar
werc, glosses nanus, Wet. Voc. ii. 60, 45 : 71, 36. [Elsewhere nanus is rendered by dweorh, for which werc is perhaps wrongly written. Or (?) werc might be for wearh. v. wearg.]

Linked entry: dweorg